Meet the fake Drake: How one amateur make-up artist transformed herself into the hit rapper

Make-up artist Promise Tamang Phan has taken her love of rapper Drake to another level - by transforming herself from Asian woman to stubble-chinned man with the help of just a little clever make-up trickery.

It may not be a Madame Tussaud's likeness, but there is an uncanny resemblance between the unlikely duo by the end of the make-up routine.

The impressive transformation sees the video blogger of Nepalese origin going from a wide-eyed, glossy-haired beauty to a hardened hip-hop hero in just moments.

Drake, take two: The rap star, left, is impersonated by Asian beauty Promise Tamang Phan, right, who cleverly transforms her clear face into the designer-stubble clad look using make-up trickery

Though she states on Facebook that she
is not a professional make-up artist, Promise is clearly a dab hand with
the range of cosmetics at her disposal - and is an impressive
impersonator to boot, pulling off the Canadian rapper's trademark mock
sneer and hand gestures with aplomb.

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Promise, who is reportedly the sister-in-law of make-up pro Michelle Phan, begins the look by pulling her long, dark hair back into a boyish, flattened ponytail, as seen on theboombox.com. Using a dark shade, she fills in her hairline to imitate Drake's chiseled, squared forehead.

Now you see her, now you don't: Promise's usual guise, left, is replaced with that of the hip-hop star, right

Taking shading pencils, she deftly
creates a masculine bone structure, highlights the tip of the nose and
the eye sockets, then gives her eyes a Drake-esque line of depth using
eye-liner.

Finishing touch: Almsot complete, the make-up artist adds more filler to her eyebrows and then dons her husband's rapper-style clothes before imitating the Take Care star

The Drizzy video has won her a massive
following, clocking up a staggering half-a-million viewers since being
uploaded just four days ago.

As unlikely as an Asian Drake may sound,
the make-up whizz, under the YouTube guise of dope2111, has also
transformed herself into Marilyn Monroe, Katy Perry and, with
astonishing success, Angelina Jolie.

It's not known what the 25-year-old The Motto singer, who dated and collaborated with Rihanna, thinks of his new, female, Asian doppelganger.